Editors’ Collection

Our Best Bread Recipes

Whether you’re looking for an easy banana bread recipe or a baking project, our best bread recipes have you covered.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Heather Greene.

Recipes

Hot Cross Buns
Genevieve Ko
857 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
857
4½ hours
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Grilled Lebanese Flatbread
Mark Bittman
706 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
706
1½ hours
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Whole-Wheat Date Bread
Melissa Clark
349 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
349
1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Not-Quite-Whole-Grain Baguettes
Mark Bittman
442 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
442
4 hours
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Choco Pan de Coco
Tejal Rao, Bryan Ford
726 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
726
2 hours, plus fermentation
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Sourdough Starter
Oliver Strand, Peter Reinhart
2296 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,296
4 to 8 days
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Whole-Wheat Quinoa Bread
Martha Rose Shulman
417 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
417
2 hours
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Healthy
Walnut Bread
Florence Fabricant
330 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
330
3½ hours, plus cooling
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All Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread
Mark Bittman
233 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
233
At least 3 hours, largely unattended
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Smoked Bread With Maple Butter
Melissa Clark, Pearl & Ash
28 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
28
1 hour, plus rising time
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Ciabatta
Emily Weinstein, Sarah Black
318 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
318
About 6 hours
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Hamburger Buns
Claire Saffitz
198 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
198
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 6 to 26 hours’ resting and proofing
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Whole-Wheat Seeded Loaves
Martha Rose Shulman
171 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
171
About 5 hours 15 minutes, plus the overnight soak for the seeds
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Pane Integrale (Whole-Wheat Bread)
Christine Muhlke, Jim Lahey
404 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
404
3 hours, plus 18 hours for rising
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Salt-Rising Bread
Tejal Rao
431 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
431
1¼ hours, plus at least 12 hours’ rising
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All-Purpose Enriched Bread
Claire Saffitz
1003 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,003
1 hour 45 minutes, plus 6 to 26 hours’ resting and proofing
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Sweet Potato Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Laurie Ellen Pellicano
185 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
185
2 hours, plus proofing and chilling
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Cheesy Beer Bread
Erin Jeanne McDowell
388 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
388
1½ hours
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Coco Bread
The New York Times, Adam Schop
89 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
89
About 3 hours
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Nordic Whole-Grain Rye Bread
Julia Moskin, Claus Meyer
432 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
432
2 days
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